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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin or Vilnius?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Dublin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’s own page.

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Dublin 27, Vilnius 17: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Dublin and Vilnius are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Vilnius 46: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Vilnius 52: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Vilnius 60: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Vilnius 44: Dublin leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Vilnius 38: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Vilnius 54: Dublin leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Vilnius.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinVilnius
Official languageEnglish, IrishLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m98 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinVilnius
City population592,713619,405
People per km²5,1541,545
Museums within 10 km4031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.